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Experts warn of ‘dire’ flu vaccine rates

Australian health experts warn that flu vaccination rates remain low amid a rising number of influenza cases in 2025.
This low vaccination uptake results from barriers such as cost, inconvenience, access issues, and widespread myths about flu vaccines.
The flu causes thousands of hospitalizations and over a thousand deaths annually, with vulnerable groups including children, older adults, and Indigenous people at greater risk.
Professor Julie Leask stated that while the vaccine isn’t perfect, starting vaccination forms a habit that reduces illness severity and protects the community.
Experts urge more effective campaigns, easier vaccine access, and myth-busting to improve vaccination rates and reduce the flu’s health burden this season.

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